This web site is intended for first-year veterinary students studying Veterinary Anatomy (CVM 6903) at the University of Minnesota. In CVM 6903, 25 dissection labs are devoted to carnivore (dog/cat) dissection. Typically, at the start of each carnivore lab, students meet in a classroom where an instructor narrates an introduction to the day's dissection, presenting objectives, terminology, commentary, dissection videos, and cadaver images.

This web site enables students to preview introductory information before a lab and/or to review the information before an exam, at their convenience. The ability to toggle labels on/off enables students to self-assess their anatomical knowledge. Use of this web site is optional for students.

Information Content Available Per Dissection Lab:

For each lab, a web page presents objectives, pertinent terminology, instructor commentary, links to dog & cat dissection videos and an array of small images of cadaver dissections. Clicking a small image, opens a pop-up window showing an enlarged image with its caption. Labels that can be toggled on/off via the spacebar or by tapping/clicking the image. The navigation menu or using right/left arrow keys enables you to cycle through all large images in circular progression.

Guide to the Dissection of the Dog by Evans and deLahunta is a required texbook for CVM 6903. The content of this web site is based on dissection procedures described in that book.